Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6113 02 Feb 2026, 12:46

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 32:51.892 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.580
And I update APT using apt 7.131
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.321
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.209
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.661
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.941
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
And persistence is disabled 0.135
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:14.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.586
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.537
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.216
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.245
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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54.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 27.828
And the system is very low on memory 4.423
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.397
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.647
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.248
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.609
And I free up some memory 1.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And all tps features are active 2.162
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.292
When I disable the first tps feature 3.193
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.045
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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16.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.199
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.685
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.993
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I disable the first tps feature 2.754
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.092
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.859
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.177
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.594
When I write some files expected to persist 1.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.301
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 18.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.622
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 11.180
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.410
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.390
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 41.876
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.415
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
49.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.450
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.117
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.787
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.656
When I enable persistence 25.534
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.205
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.285
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.555
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.465
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.731
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.516
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
When I cold reboot the computer 9.402
And the computer reboots Tails 46.849
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.434
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
Given I enable persistence 11.140
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.400
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.503
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:35.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.599
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 29.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.165
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.328
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
48.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.293
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.771
Then persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.564
And all notifications have disappeared 10.861
When I delete the persistent partition 2.913
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:45.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.735
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.722
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.835
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.091
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.827
And all notifications have disappeared 9.978
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.515
And all tps features are enabled 2.109
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:30.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:37.762
And I enable persistence 36.290
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.179
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.708
And persistence is enabled 2.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.295
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.016
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.762
When I enable persistence 12.515
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.220
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.549
When I try to enable persistence 1.336
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.977
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.188
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.566
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.488
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.378
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.343
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.632
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.316
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 15.207
And all notifications have disappeared 10.894
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.321
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.810
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.283
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.196
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.553
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.127
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.611
When I log in to a new session 12.884
And all notifications have disappeared 11.887
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.931
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000